Water Culture and Water Conflict in the Mediterranean...
3
Options Méditerranéennes, Series A, No. 83 Water Culture and Water Conflict in the Mediterranean Area The 1st Workshop MELIA Project (Mediterranean Dialogue on Integrated Water Management, Contract FP6 517612) held in Hammamet-Médenine, Tunisia, 22 – 26 November 2007 succeeded to put together scientists, decision- and policy-makers, water users, relevant NGOs’ and Organisations from all the Mediterranean countries for discussing and sharing views and experiences on Water Culture and Prevention of Water Conflicts, considering terms from the historical, economical and social point of view, and the possible application of the principles of the Water Framework Directive. In particular, the Workshop gave inputs at the following issues: • Improvement of information and knowledge on past cultural heritage of water management in the Mediterranean countries; • Evaluation of the cultural linkages between the traditional and the contemporary water management practices. Approach to the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) principles in the MPC in terms of the traditional principles and the principles of the Water Framework Directive • Debate on the perspectives of the New Water Culture in the Mediterranean basin; • Historical analysis of the sources and management of water conflicts between competing groups and countries • Assessment of the relations between water culture and water conflict in the Mediterranean. • The use of the principles of the Water Framework Directive as a tool to handle Water Conflicts • Conceptual framework on Water Conflicts in the Mediterranean Area • Conceptual framework on Water Culture in the Mediterranean Area Edited by: Maroun El Moujabber, Muhammad Shatanawi, Giuliana Trisorio Liuzzi, Mohamed Ouessar, Pietro Laureano, Rafael Rodriguez Bari: CIHEAM (Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes). 2008 212 pp. Options Méditerranéennes, Series A (Mediterranean Seminars), No. 83 ISSN : 1016-121X ISBN : 2-85352-407-8 Prix: 50 Euros Information: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari / CIHEAM Via Ceglie 9. 70010 Valenzano, Bari. Italy Tel. (39) (080) 4606 111 - Fax: (39) (080) 4606 206 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.iamb.it Publication available on line at: http://ressources.ciheam.org/util/search/detail_numero.php?mot=384&langue=en
Transcript of Water Culture and Water Conflict in the Mediterranean...
Options Méditerranéennes, Series A, No. 83
Water Culture and Water Conflict in the Mediterranean Area
The 1st Workshop MELIA Project (Mediterranean Dialogue on Integrated Water Management, Contract FP6 517612) held in Hammamet-Médenine, Tunisia, 22 – 26 November 2007 succeeded to put together scientists, decision- and policy-makers, water users, relevant NGOs’ and Organisations from all the Mediterranean countries for discussing and sharing views and experiences on Water Culture and Prevention of Water Conflicts, considering terms from the historical, economical and social point of view, and the possible application of the principles of the Water Framework Directive. In particular, the Workshop gave inputs at the following issues: • Improvement of information and knowledge on past cultural heritage of water management in the Mediterranean countries; • Evaluation of the cultural linkages between the traditional and the contemporary water management practices. Approach to the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) principles in the MPC in terms of the traditional principles and the principles of the Water Framework Directive • Debate on the perspectives of the New Water Culture in the Mediterranean basin;
• Historical analysis of the sources and management of water conflicts between competing groups and countries • Assessment of the relations between water culture and water conflict in the Mediterranean. • The use of the principles of the Water Framework Directive as a tool to handle Water Conflicts • Conceptual framework on Water Conflicts in the Mediterranean Area • Conceptual framework on Water Culture in the Mediterranean Area Edited by: Maroun El Moujabber, Muhammad Shatanawi, Giuliana Trisorio Liuzzi, Mohamed Ouessar, Pietro Laureano, Rafael Rodriguez Bari: CIHEAM (Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes). 2008 212 pp. Options Méditerranéennes, Series A (Mediterranean Seminars), No. 83 ISSN : 1016-121X ISBN : 2-85352-407-8 Prix: 50 Euros Information: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari / CIHEAM Via Ceglie 9. 70010 Valenzano, Bari. Italy Tel. (39) (080) 4606 111 - Fax: (39) (080) 4606 206 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.iamb.it Publication available on line at: http://ressources.ciheam.org/util/search/detail_numero.php?mot=384&langue=en
Options Méditerranéennes, A n° 83, 2008 - Water Culture and Water Conflict in the Mediterranean Area
Contents
Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Section 1Water Culture
The water management in an ancient Greek-Roman city (I): An example in the north-east of Spain - Buxò R ......................................................................................................................... 9
Sustainability of the early Mediterranean agriculture - Ferrio J.P., Voltas J., Buxó R., Rovira N., Aguilera M., Bort J., Serre M.D.t and Araus J.L. .............................................................................................. 17
Novel hydraulic structures and water management in Iran: A historical perspective - Sanizadeh S.K. .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Water policy in Spain: A portrait - López C., Martín I. and Alcácer C. ..................................................... 45
Challenges for a new water culture in the Mediterranean - Fernández J.M. ........................................ 55
A theoretical and methodological approach to the study of water culture - Estrada E.M. and Fernández R.L. .............................................................................................................................................. 69
Historical and contemporary perspectives of water culture in Tunisia - Omrani N. and Ouessar M. 75
Water culture in Egypt- Gad A. ................................................................................................................. 85
The evolution of water culture in Malta: An analysis of the changing perceptions towards water throughout the ages - Sapiano M., Micallef P., Attard G. and Zammit M. ....................................... 97
Conceptual frame on water culture and its use to raise public awareness on sustainable water management in the Mediterranean basin - Laureano P., Ouessar M., Moyano E., Dudeen B., Gad A., Martinez J. and Rodriguez R. ................................................................... 111
Section 2Water Conflict
Analysis of water use patterns and conflicts in the Sa Pobla Plain and Alcudia Bay (Majorca, Spain) - Tamoh K., Von Igel W., Soler M. and Candela L. ......................................................... 131
Examples of good governance to avoid conflicts in water sector: Venice lagoon and Bacchiglione River case studies - Trevisiol E.R., Cambruzzi T., Baldo G. and Pra Levis F. .............................................................................................................................. 143
Water conflicts among sectors and environmental uses in Jordan - Shatanawi M., Shammout M. and Naber S. ....................................................................................................................... 159
Options Méditerranéennes A 83
Traditional knowledge role for security and mitigation of water conflicts - Laureano P. ................ 173
Assessment of grass roots irrigation water conflicts through governorates’ profiles - Aboul-Fotouh N., Abdin A.E. and Sedky S. .................................................................................................. 185
An overview of the main water conflicts in Spain: Proposals for problem-solving - Candela L., Domingo F., Berbel J. and Alarcón J.J. ...................................................................................................... 197
Conceptual frame of water conflicts in the Mediterranean - Shatanawi M., Shammout M., Naber S., Aboul-Fotouh N., Abdin A.E. and Sedky S., Candela L., Domingo F., Berbel J., Alarcón J.J., Laureano P., Tamoh K., Von Igel W., Soler M., Trevisiol E.R., Cambruzzi T.,Baldo G. and Pra Levis F and Rodriguez R. . 205
